The use of Immersive creation and design brings significant advantages to companies. This breakout session will focus on best practices and methodologies of how and why you would want to bring an immersive environment into your workflow. How an immersive workflow can easily scale and transcend across many different industries, as well as different departments and business units within your organization. This session will also focus on tools and resources, how to lower your design and architecture costs, lessons learned, as well as successful implementations.

Learn how to create tunnel sections and corridor modeling solids for tunnels in AutoCAD Civil 3D software. Learn how Civil 3D interacts with Revit Structure software and how to manipulate tunnel solids, obtain drawings, and create reports, volumetrics, and visualization in Revit Structure. Finally, learn how to model a tunnel natively in Revit Structure and export it to Civil 3D.

Learn techniques for rigging mechanical objects, vehicles, machines, and other inanimate objects in 3ds Max software. Many people normally use 3ds Max software's rigging tools for characters, but you can also use them to rig things such as vehicles, motors, pistons, assemblies, conveyor belts, and more. This course will demonstrate practical applications of 3ds Max software's extensive rigging tools to automate the animation of a variety of mechanical objects and systems.

In part 2 of this 2-part class (part 1 taught by Joe Gunn) you will see the production pipeline from start to finish on a commercial spec spot for the HBO show Boardwalk Empire. This class will pick up where part 1 left off, showing how the latest tools and techniques were used to bring this piece to life. The animation and visual effects are complete; now it's time for some lighting. Who knows, the client may even have some changes that need to be quickly addressed before render passes are set up and composited. Throughout both classes you will learn real-world production-proven techniques and timesaving tips that will help artists from any background who use 3ds Max software.

Are you starting to break down the silos of data and mixing that with visualization? Do you want to learn more about the insights you can inform your models with? Prebuilt data connectors, customizable visualization components, and more—join us to learn about what's new with the Viewer API and how to inform your models with data from all sorts of sources.

The session will present concept design development workflow for industrial designers with Fusion 360 software quick Sculpt and Solid Modeling, plus Rendering. We will also mix with Physical Sketching on Wacom Tablet. The class is about introducing new early design iteration process with Fusion 360 software for industrial designers. Traditionally, designers start sketching when they’ve received overall goal/direction for the product. This class suggests that designers mix quick 3D modeling with their traditional sketching workflow. For example, Fusion 360 software has super-flexible Sculpt Modeling, and it takes just a few minutes to generate basic forms. Designers can start their sketches over these basic product forms and find balance and details based on real scale. This session features Fusion 360 and SketchBook Pro.

Sol Rogers will use REWIND:VR case studies to show the sort of work that is currently being commissioned and utilized—from architectural design and development to Rolls-Royce’s new Vision vehicles, BBC’s International Space Station Space Walk, and the launch of Nike’s new Soccer Team kit. You may remember the early, overhyped virtual-reality (VR) attempts of the mid 1990s that were expensive and unable to deliver a truly immersive experience—and in many cases, just left people feeling nauseous. This is the year where VR truly becomes a viable consumer product. So, what's changed in the past 20 years? Sol Rogers, CEO and founder of REWIND:VR, will look at the developments—from technology and platforms to smartphones and appetite for the medium. VR is no longer just a marketing gimmick. It's a serious industry predicted to have 170 million active users by 2018.

Having a dashboard for your Revit model is a great way to monitor trends, watch out for issues, and share insights about the model file with everyone in an easy-to-consume graphical format. In the past, dashboards were something only the big firms with the big staffs were able to create and manage. But the free and relatively cheap tools available now make it much easier for you to collect and share the data needed for a slick dashboard that you can share with your team. This session will cover using the Model Checker for Revit software to build and generate a report that can be used to monitor model fidelity in a data visualization tool like Microsoft Power BI, and we’ll discuss some best practices around that process.

"IoT sensors and smart devices are all around. BIM is all around. Why not marry BIM with IoT - and create the next generation powerful disruptive Digital Twins for a better today and tomorrow? Digital Twin is the Living Model with dynamics/functionality. It's the virtual representation of spaces, objects, smart devices and sensors binding in a single place to view the live updates, to perform analytics and simulations, and to create predictions for better decision making and predictive maintenance. Digital Twins are one of the top—and most discussed—industry disruptive technologies. Combining the power of BIM using Forge with IoT devices using Azure Digital twin/IoT services will create the digital twin that can help in multiple ways. This class will introduce the basics of Digital Twin and its applications and then talk about how to bring Forge and Azure APIs together to make a digital twin web application that can showcase live data and analytics."

Our demonstration will focus on 3ds Max and its powerful extendability through scripts and plugins. Many 3D artists use both for bespoke workflows. With Maxscript knowledge, an artist has the ability to write useful tools to help with simple tasks. Writing bespoke C++ plugins, SiNi employs the full power of multi-threaded CPU processing, meaning our tools are many times more efficient and powerful that Maxscript. We will demonstrate how SiNi Software's suite of tools assist artists at every stage of production in all industries and types of work. As an independent Authorised Autodesk developer, we support many leading third-party renderers, plugins and file formats in 3ds Max, simplifying time-consuming tasks to a few clicks. Finally, we will discuss issues with multi-software workflows, (Revit, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, Maya, Unreal), and software ideas to simplify the pipeline.

Attendees will get an insider’s look at Autodesk’s newly-developed class A learning material for Alias in this class taught by Barry Kimball, recognized world expert in class A modeling and one of the authors of the material. Class members will learn about the key skills required to be an automotive class A modeler, which personality types typically make a good class A modeler, and what it’s like to work as a class A modeler. Additionally, we will discuss what defines class A modeling, and introduce the course content, which is designed to take a generally proficient Alias modeler and provide the skills needed to become a class A modeler.

Learn techniques that can speed up your day when you are working in Maya software to help you make better-looking art. It covers all aspects of Maya, including hidden hot keys, working with motion capture, getting faster renders, speeding up playback, and old school tips and tricks.

Applications built on Forge software can allow for greater levels of visibility and transparency around sustainability measures by integrating sustainability parameters—such as greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency, and so on—into the design-and-make process through a common data environment with 3D models. This class will introduce Forge application developers and customers to the opportunity of developing Forge applications that capitalize on the data of BIM (Building Information Modeling) or engineering models to improve outcomes along these sustainability parameters, or to make sophisticated design choices for better buildings or products with less negative environmental impact. This class will include examples of Forge for sustainability applications, case studies, industry insights, innovative ideas, and experiences from the AEC and D&M industries.

This class will walk you through the early steps of learning 3ds Max software from the ground up. We will explore the user interface and the workflows that best suit new users. We will address importing and file linking from external source files, cameras lighting, and rendering techniques aimed at the CAD and Rivet software users.

3ds Max software is a mature 3D digital content creation package widely used in the video game industry, at numerous television and visual effects studios, and as a standard in design and architectural visualization. With the recent addition of the Arnold renderer, creating stunning imagery and video has never been more accessible. Arnold now brings the visual quality of the Hollywood blockbuster movie back home to 3ds Max. In this session, we’ll explore techniques and workflows for bringing your Revit projects to life. First, we will see how to go from Revit software to Arnold in just a few minutes. Next, we’ll use tools such as Civil View, Populate, and Pflow to help tell a story. Then we’ll take a look at the brand-new Fluid system in 3ds Max that can create stunning water features in no time. And lastly, we’ll dive into some compositing workflows using Arnold AOVs. You might also have a chance to see what's coming next! Take your visualization game to the next level with Arnold and 3ds Max. Brute force for all!

At this lecture discover the joy of sketching and painting on your iPad, using the newly redesigned SketchBook app. Reconnect with your inner artist. This class is intended for the true beginner. A range of tools, concepts and ideas will be explored.

3ds Max software is a mature 3D digital content creation package, widely used in the video game industry and by numerous television and visual effects studios. And it is a standard in design and architectural visualization. With the recent addition and democratization of the Arnold renderer, creating stunning imagery and video has never been more accessible. Arnold now brings the visual quality of Hollywood blockbuster movies back home to 3ds Max. In this session, you’ll learn how to import any CAD models in 3ds Max. Then, we’ll show how to create and edit shaders and build realistic lighting setup in an interactive environment. Next, we’ll see how to capitalize on out-of-the-box features to bring your designs to life, such as 3ds Max Fluids to simulate physically accurate liquids and nCloth to generate realistic fabric type objects. Last, we’ll look at flexible techniques for final project delivery. You might also have a chance to see what's coming next! Take your viz game to the next level with Arnold and 3ds Max. Brute force for all!

In this hands-on lab, you learn to use the tools and capabilities of the new Populate feature in 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design. Together, we will put in walk flows and idle areas, adjust flow points and segments, create ramps, and dial in densities, distributions, and direction.

In this hands-on lab we will maximize on several of 3ds Max Design software's powerful modeling tools to help you take your architecture, engineering, and construction content to the next level. We will explore various different workflows that will enable you to increase the quality and detail of your Revit software models and create all new models directly from within 3ds Max Design software.

With architects, designers, and engineers using 3ds Max software every day to complete their visualization projects, 3ds Max 2016 software offers the most comprehensive toolset to date. In this session we will explore both new and existing features in order to tell a compelling visualization story with the emphasis being on how to gain accessibility and ease of use without ever compromising quality. First we will look at some of the new Inventor-software-to-3ds-Max-software workflows used to quickly and efficiently create stunning imagery and animations of your models. Next we will look at various easy-to-use techniques for adding realism and a lived-in feel to your Revit software interior visualization projects. Lastly we will explore methods of adding procedural content as well as animated components to your scenes in order to bring your designs to life. Creating a pretty picture just got a whole lot more fun! Join me at Autodesk University and see what all the fuss is about. #3dsMax2016